Simpler way to add a custom icon (no dosbox_logo.h)

Simpler way to add a custom icon (no dosbox_logo.h) - Windows only

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First post, by emendelson

Posted on 2014-02-24, 01:15

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After spending a lot of time building dosbox_logo.h files in order to put a custom icon into DOSBox, I came across a simpler method that doesn't use dosbox_logo.h at all. It seems to work with SVN using Visual C++ on Windows, but possibly I haven't noticed some bad side-effects. The patch is very simple. It adds whatever dosbox.ico you use to the system menu, the Alt-Tab chain, etc. (Not tested on Linux.)

If everyone knows this already, apologies for wasting bandwidth.

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Reply 1 of 2, by Qbix

Posted on 2014-02-24, 06:49

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This only works on windows, while the "old" method works on all OSes DOSBox supports.

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Reply 2 of 2, by emendelson

Posted on 2014-02-24, 13:14

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Qbix wrote:
This only works on windows, while the "old" method works on all OSes DOSBox supports.

After I posted it, I realized that, even under Windows, it would probably only work under Visual C++, not with any non-Microsoft compiler. Still, it saves a little bit of trouble for people making custom builds, I hope.

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